- Date
- March 27, 2003, 10:08 local (16:08 UTC)
- Place
- Dyersburg, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N244SCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Memphis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030327009219A
- Case key
- 56725
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. A factor was muddy terrain conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Upon touchdown, the pilot felt the right main gear unlock. On the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right as the landing gear slowly started to collapse. Efforts by the pilot to remain on the runway failed. The airplane veered off the right side of runway 22 into the mud. The pilot did not report the airplane having any mechanical problems before the flight. Examination of the airplane revealed the right main gear collapsed. According to the repair facility, Tennessee Aircraft Services, the airplane was in storage for 10 years. No maintenance records were recovered.
Factual narrative
On March 27, 2003 at 1008 central standard time, a Cessna 310, N244S, registered to and operated by a private pilot, right main landing gear collapsed during an attempted landing on runway 22 at Dyersburg Municipal Airport, Dyersburg Tennessee. The personal flight was operated under the provision of Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained minor damage, and there were no injuries to the pilot or two passengers. The flight originated from Johnson City Airport, Johnson City, Tennessee, at 0900 on March 27, 2003.
The purpose of the personal flight was undetermined. According to the pilot, upon touchdown he felt the right main gear unlock. On the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right as the landing gear slowly started to collapse. Efforts by the pilot to remain on the runway failed. The plane veered off the right side of runway 22, and into the mud. The pilot stated that it was approximately 175 yards after the touchdown point when the right main landing gear collapsed.
The pilot did not report the airplane having any mechanical problems before and during the flight. Examination of the airplane revealed the right main gear collapsed. According to the repair facility, Tennessee Aircraft Services, the airplane was in storage for 10 years, and no maintenance records were available for the airframe repairs. The pilot also failed to respond to written requests for post-accident information.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N244S
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35153
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Carter Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 0A4 · Johnson City, TN
- Destination
- DYR · Dyersburg, TN
- Airport
- DYR · Dyersburg Municipal Airport, runway 22, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.